How to pronounce “accent grave” in English

So there is this guy by the name of Georges Coedes who is originally a Hungarian Jew who immigrated to Franceand changed his name so it looks very French with the C-O-E-D-E-S and an accent grave, and the O and the E are ligated, and so it looks very,very French. And he just had this natural ability-- I'm very fascinated by people who have a natural ability